15 Moist Chocolate Cake Recipes

What should I make for dinner tonight? This might just be the number one question that we ask ourselves almost daily over here.

Then you have come to the right place, we have rounded up 15 moist chocolate cake recipes that we have shared over the years.

Plus, there is such a variety of flavours in these recipes, so you are sure to find something for you. Most of these recipes are quick and easy ones made especially for busy weeknights.

15 Moist Chocolate Cake Recipes

Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

50 min

Unsweetened cocoa powder, buttermilk, instant coffee, eggs, baking soda

4.714

Foodess

The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe {Ever}

45 min

Coconut milk, coconut oil, chocolate buttercream frosting, unsweetened cocoa powder, eggs

5.03.6K

Add a Pinch

The Most Amazing Chocolate Cake

45 min

Cream cheese, unsweetened cocoa powder, powdered sugar, eggs, baking soda

4.81.2K

thestayathomechef.com

The BEST Moist Chocolate Cake recipe

50 min

Sour cream, brown sugar, cocoa powder, hot coffee, eggs

5.042

Scientifically Sweet

Moist Chocolate Cake

40 min

Baking soda, baking powder, brewed coffee, baking cocoa, all purpose flour

4.7210

Taste of Home

Chocolate Cake (Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Recipe)

45 min

Hershey’s cocoa powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, powdered sugar, butter, plain flour

5.048

Cafe Delites

Triple Chocolate Layer Cake

4 hr

Coconut oil, cocoa powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, sweet chocolate chips, heavy cream

4.9655

Sally’s Baking Addiction

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

1 hr

Unsweetened cocoa powder, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, all purpose flour

4.74K

Allrecipes

Ultra Moist Chocolate Cake

45 min

Coffee, cocoa powder, buttermilk, eggs, flour

4.5106

Honest And Truly!

The Best Moist Chocolate Cake

50 min

Cocoa powder, milk, icing sugar, hot coffee, eggs

5.06

The Gourmet Bon Vivant

Hershey’s “perfectly chocolate” Chocolate Cake

40 min

Unsweetened cocoa powder, buttermilk, powdered sugar, hot coffee, eggs

4.9474

Tastes Better From Scratch

The Most Delicious Chocolate Cake

Dark cocoa powder, sweet chocolate chips, heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, baking soda

5.099

Cake by Courtney

Chocolate Cake

50 min

Sour cream, cocoa powder, cacao nibs, heavy whipping cream, buttermilk

5.0658

Preppy Kitchen

Sturdy Yet Soft and Fluffy Chocolate Cake

Baking soda, baking powder, all purpose flour, boiling water, dutch processed

4.820

The Bakeologie

Moist Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe

1 hr 50 min

Coconut, unsweetened cocoa powder, cake flour, powdered sugar, eggs

4.933

In The Kitchen With Matt

4 Related Question Answers About Moist Chocolate Cake Recipes

What makes a cake more moist?

I promise you SOFT & MOIST cakes!

• Use Cake Flour. Reach for cake flour instead of all-purpose flour. …
• Add Sour Cream. …
• Room Temperature Butter / Don’t Over-Cream. …
• Add a Touch of Baking Powder or Baking Soda. …
• Add Oil. …
• Don’t Over-Mix. …
• Don’t Over-Bake. …
• Brush With Simple Syrup/Other Liquid.

How do you make cakes moist?

Here are five tips for how to moisten a dry cake once it’s already been baked.

1. Brush with simple syrup glaze. Velez recommends adding a simple syrup glaze to your cake layers if they end up coming out too dry. …
2. Soak your cake in milk. …
3. Fill the cake with mousse or jam. …
4. Frost the cake. …
5. Stick it in the fridge.

What does adding coffee to chocolate cake do?

Coffee simply enhances the flavor of chocolate. In this cake, it deepens that rich, chocolatey flavor. If you are really opposed to using coffee, you can swap it out for water. You can also use espresso powder – use a teaspoon of espresso powder along with 1 cup of water in place of the 1 cup of coffee.

How do bakeries make their cakes so moist?

Many professional bakers turn to simple syrup (made from equal parts water and granulated sugar heated and stirred until the sugar dissolves, then set aside to cool) to help keep cakes moist until they are assembled and iced.